A car dealership employee was accused of fraudulently directing more than $16,000 in refunds into his own account. The 25-year-old Chicago man was arrested at 9:15 a.m. Aug. 1 in the 1000 block of South Milwaukee Avenue and charged with theft over $10,000, a Class 2 felony. He was taken to the Lake County Jail to await a bond hearing.

A 35-year-old man and a 24-year-old woman, both from Libertyville, were arrested at 11:35 p.m. Aug. 5 on Milwaukee Avenue south of Winchester Road. They were charged with the theft of scrap metal from a construction site. No estimate of loss was available.

A 20-year-old Libertyville man was arrested Aug. 9 shortly after 11:30 p.m. in the 1300 block of North Milwaukee Avenue. He was charged with battery after an altercation in a parking lot in the 100 block of North Milwaukee Avenue.